This was probably the best birthday I’ve had in years, if not ever, and I think it had to do, in large part, with the fact that I did what I wanted, for *me*…

Found these via someone else’s Lj or blog (can’t remember who :p), and they sound/look insanely tasty. I’d love to try them out at some point.

From Smart Kitty: Champagne lava lamp…

Also from Smart Kitty: Delicious Champagne Boob…

Yay for tasty Irish Potato soup with soft-cooked potatoes! :D

Boo for tasty bacon bits that hurt to chew but make me want to eat them anyway! D:

I would like my old, pre-’splody teeth back now, kthxbai.

I’ve come to the sad conclusion that Atlanta is sorely lacking geek-friendly (in this case, read “wifi enabled”) Italian restaurants. Or if they do, in fact, exist, they must be well-guarded secrets of the geek underground.

2+ hours of searching online found me the Cafe Intermezzo, which, while fantastic otherwise, only makes it’s wifi access available from 10am to 7pm(?!), and a little place called Artuzzi’s that’s either smack dab in the middle of the city…

No baby for me! I’m safe until next year! :D

Our shop was introduced to the (slightly belated) Mardi Gras tradition of the New Orleans King Cake. It’s a kind of more a coffee cake, wherein a small plastic baby is hidden, and whoever gets the baby (hopefully before biting into it) buys the cake the next year. Fun and very, very tasty! I think about two thirds of the cake is gone…